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MOLIAN 1792
MOVING CLOSER TO A SETTLEMENT OF THE PROBLEM AFTER VIETNAM, CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION HAVE RECENTLY SHOWN SIGNS OF FLEXI- BILITY.
IN CLOSED SESSION THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINED THAT THE NATURE OF THE MEETING WILL BE INFORMAL AND PRELIMINARY AND THAT IT WILL NOT ENTER INTO FORMAL NEGOTIA- TIONS. IT SHOULD ONLY SERVE TO BREAK THE ICE AND TO IDENTIFY COMMON GROUNDS. THE MEETINGS WILL CONSIST OF TWO STAGES, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SAME DAY (MEETING OF THE 4 FACTIONS IN THE MORNING, VIETNAM, LAOS AND ASEAN JOINING IN THE AFTERNOON). THE LAST HURDLES TO THE MEETING HAD BEEN REMOVED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT WILL TAKE PLACE UNDER THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE SO-CALLED HO-CHI-MIN-CITY UNDERSTANDING OF 29 JULY 1987
WHICH HAD BEEN ACHIEVED BY FORMER INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOCHTAR.
THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERLINED THAT ASEAN
HAD NO DEFINITE PEACE PLAN BUT HE IDENTIFIED THE MAJOR ELEMENTS
OF A SOLUTION ON WHICH AGREEMENT SEEMS TO EXIST:
TOTAL WITHDRAWAL OF VIETNAMESE TROOPS
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NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND SELF-DETERMINATION
FORMATION OF A PROVISIONAL QUADRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT TO PREPARE
ELECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AGREEMENT GENERAL ELECTIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISION GUARANTEES BY GREAT POWERS.
DIFFERENCES, HOWEVER, WERE STILL GREAT ON DETAILS OF HOW THESE GOALS COULD BE ACHIEVED. THERE SEEMS TO BE AGREEMENT THAT
PRINCE SIHANOUK SHOULD HEAD THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT
EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL ARMED THREATS WITHIN CAMBODIA ARE FULLY NEUTRALISED.
THE SINGAPORE FOREIGN MINISTER PARTICULARLY UNDERLINED THE NEED FOR SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR AN INTERNA- TIONAL PEACE-KEEPING FORCE (IPKF) TO AVOID A CIVIL WAR. THE QUESTION OF A PEACE-KEEPING FORCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE U.N. HE PARTICULARLY WELCOMED THE OFFER JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNO MADE TO ''ACTIVELY CONSIDER EXTENDING FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE-KEEPING FORCE AS WELL AS DISPATCHING PERSONNEL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISORY TEAM AT THE TIME OF FREE ELECTIONS
AND PROVIDING NECESSARY NON-MILITARY MATERIAL'
THE JAPANESE OFFER HAD BEEN IN THE HEADLINES OF ALL
MAJOR NEWSPAPERS IN BANGKOK ON THE SAME MORNING.
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